Example sentences of "would have no [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A blind man lacks the ideas of colour because he lacks the requisite experience , and a man ‘ deprived of every sense … would have no idea of a single thing ’ .
2 He had been passed by two or three cars , but consoled himself that their drivers would have no idea who he was .
3 As the Big Man marched into Dartmouth at his amazingly fast pace of 4.3 miles an hour , the hundreds lining the roadside would have no idea of the agony he was in — nor would Botham dream of telling them .
4 Does he accept that internment would be the height of folly and would have no support at all from the Labour party ?
5 She would have no heart for it .
6 Under the terms of the Scotland Bill , MPs representing England , Wales and Ulster would have no rights over matters devolved to Scotland .
7 He would have no sleep now , just home to eat and then to work .
8 He followed the lines indicated by the Vice-Chancellor as to the exercise of the discretion and he balanced the various factors involved , reaching the conclusion on that basis that ‘ I would have no doubt that the registrar 's order should stand . ’
9 This would have no doubt involved stories of my forcing myself on him — something Sarah would have condemned .
10 That gave me the chance to tell what Braden had done , sounding disgusted as I told it so Mendez would have no doubt what I thought about Braden 's trick .
11 Now if I was to say erm er if I would have no doubt of course if if I did n't know about your connection with John .
12 And she would have no doubt told about that .
13 Later on , pleading a shortage of space , the reporter told me I would have no chance to answer .
14 Like our poor parliamentary candidate , I would have no chance of being elected , but it would be a beginning , though perhaps one I would have despised several years earlier when I looked down on parish-pump politics and intended to be the first woman prime minister .
15 You would think that these rabbits would have no chance against the combined land and air assaults of ferrets and hawk , but they were incredibly fast and usually disappeared down a safe hole before our Harris 's could get hold of them , even though the Harris 's hawk moves like lightning .
16 ‘ But I knew in my heart that I would have no chance against them and that they would be merciless .
17 I thought he would have no chance of life if his father Heathcliff took him to live at Wuthering Heights .
18 This would mean that marine life would have no chance of escape , while the natural dispersion of the slick would be delayed .
19 If you 'd the old hens closed in with them they the young birds would have no chance .
20 Even if the new President had entered his official residence , he would have no standing in his own community , and what , after all , is the point of a Maronite President if it is not to integrate the Maronites within the traditional confessional system which — readjusted in the Muslims ' favour — the Tayif agreement perpetuates ?
21 There followed suggestions of the kind of dresses he would like for the women , and much more specific suggestions about what the men should wear , especially two who would have no dancing and were ‘ old tatty props who stand around holding up girls and sometimes us .
22 I was assured by a friendly female voice that I would have no competition for the job .
23 " Even if this were to be a case of maternal transmission , it would have no significance for public health " .
24 The Commission emphasised that the merged companies would have no ability to affect price , because of the competitiveness of the markets involved .
25 One certainly would not understand that the real choice was between de facto membership of a deutschmark zone in which we would have no influence and membership of a single currency system in which we would have a stake .
26 Changes in the rate of interest would have no influence . )
27 A man who wished to build a villa in Benghazi , but was frustrated by his expectation that , if he did , he would have no protection strong enough to prevent immediate expropriation , explained the collapse of his hopes for a more elegant and civilized life .
28 In the event of an earthquake destroying these two computers , every foreign investor with shares in Japan would have no proof of ownership .
29 He said : ‘ Even if I were to say you are right , you would have no proof .
30 I would have no hesitation in recommending either Puffin Dive School , or the dive sites to anyone .
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